Trolley-pole construction.



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TROLLEY-POLE CONSTRUCTION.

Specificati0n of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 20,1912. Application filed J une 4, 1910. Serial No. 565,108.

mounted. This terminal or head is also formed tubular and carries a trolley wheel 15..

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, AUeUs'rUs KI Mc- QUADE, citizen of theUnitedStates, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in-. vented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley-Pole Constructions, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in trolley pole constructions and means foreperating trolley poles from the interior of a car.

W'ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts, clearlydescribed in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the acccmpa ying drawings, forming a part of the speci cation, and in which,

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the general arrangement of the pole operating means. Fig. 2 is a de-. tail top plan view of the reversing rods, the car being shown in section to disclose the same, Fig. 3 is another detail view of the reversing rods, illustrating two positions of the rods, Fig. lis an end view of the car showing the vertical operating rods, Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view showing the mounting of the trolley pole, Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing the mounting of the trolley pole.

Referring to theaccompanying drawings, which are intended for illustrative purposes, 1 denotes a passenger car'having the usual trucks 2 adaptedto move over the rails 3. On the top 4 of the car, 1 a wheel 5, having a circumferential groove therein, is mounted, the rim of said wheel engaging the edges of an opening formed in the top of the car to receive the wheel. To. the wheel 5 a rectangular frame 6 is secured, while be;

' tween this frame and.the wheel bearings 7 are. secured. On the bearings 7 the trunnions of the trolley pole 9 are journaled. The trolley pole 9 is secured to the trunnions 7 by a sleeve 10, integral with the trunnions, which has screw threads thereon.

A roller 1 11 is pivoted to each end of the rectangular frame 6, and springs 12 connect each end of the frame 6 with the sleeve 10.

The trolley pole 9 is formed tubular to receive the operating cord or cable 13, which extends'through the wheel 5 and throu h the'pole to the upper end thereof- On t e upper end. of the pole 9 a terminal 14 is The trolley pole is connectedto a rope or cable .24, which is assed t-hrough'the center of the'wheel 5,;w1th thecable or rope 13.

The' Iowerends of both the cables or ropes 13 and 24 are fixed. on the windin'grod 25, i

which extends longitudinally of the. car 1- and'whioh is journaled atit-siends to said car. One-end or both ends of the operating and winding rod or shaft 25 are provided witha gear wheel 26, which engages with thegear segment 27, which gear segmentis mounted on the upper end of the shaft 28. The shaft 28 is journaled to the rear end of the car 1, and on its lower end a handle 29 is secured. This lower end is formed with a ratchet gear 30, which ratchet gear is engaged by the pivoted pawl 31.

crating the vertical shaft or rod 28 they shaft or rod 25 can be rotated so as to open the jaws 19 and withdraw the wheel 15 from the conductor wire 21. The cord at cable 24 is arranged rather slack so that the pole wi'llbe lowered after the jaws are.

opened, the rope or cable 13 being arranged taut.-

In order to reverse the wheel 5 on the roof or to 4 of the car, and the trolley pole with t e wheel, two rods 32 and 33 are pivoted at opposite points -to the underside of the wh el work through thebearings 34, and are provided with coiled springs 35, which are The rods 32 and 33 secured tothe shafts or rods 32 and 33 and press against the bearings 34. The outer ends of the rods 32 and-33 are connected to the operating ropes or cables 35, which are passed over the guide rollers 36, (only one of the ropes-and rollers being shown) and are connected toi-the vertical rods 37, the,

lower ends of which'are provided with foot engaging terminals 38. By quicklv dpressing either of the rods 37, so that-the wheel 5 and the trolley pole 9 will be started 1 in rapid motion the wheel can. be turned one half. a circle and thel'rods can be swung past the dead center.

Having described y invention I claim?- 1. In cpmbination, means for mounting a trolley pole, a trolley pole-mounted there by, rods connected at oppositepoints to the means said rods adapted "to reverse the means and the pole, cables-connected with the rods and vertically moving rods contnected w th the cables.

2. In combination, a trolley car having a turn table seated Within an opening in its roof, a trolley pivotally mounted thereon, horizontal rods adapted to rotate said turn table, said rods being pivoted to said turn table, and cables secured to the free ends of table, said rods being pivoted to said turn I table, cables (secured to the freeends of said rods, and vertical rods mounted at the ends of said car adapted to. ope rate said cables.

4. In combination, a trolley car having a turn table, seated Within an. opening in its roof, a-trolley pivotallymounted thereon, horizontal rods adapted to rotate said turn table, said rods being pivoted to said t rn table, cables secured to the freeends'of s id rods, springs each mounted on one of the ends of one of said horizontal rods and adapted to facilitate the movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUSTUS K. MoQUADE. Witnesses: H. E.,I-IU1\rR1oHoUsn, Tnos. O. KEYS.

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